After five games on the road, Clinton is heading back home. They will host the Anderson County Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, Clinton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Dobyns-Bennett.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Clinton got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 19-25, 15-9.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Clinton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Keagan Skaggs, who had 11 digs and two kills. The team also got some help courtesy of Mckenzie Crisp, who had 16 digs and a kill.
Meanwhile, Anderson County made easy work of Loudon on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mavericks.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Anderson County was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-6, 25-11.
Catelynn Tackett was the offensive standout of the game as she had six digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Anderson County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. They are 3-1 when they serve at least ten aces.
Clinton has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 30-9 record this season. As for Anderson County, they pushed their record up to 17-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Clinton hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 5.4 blocks per game. It's a different story for Anderson County, though, as they've been averaging only 0.9. Given Clinton's sizable advantage in that area, Anderson County will need to find a way to close that gap.
Clinton was able to grind out a solid win over Anderson County when the teams last played back in August of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Clinton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Anderson County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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